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2007-08 regular season

Wild at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 1–0

Thrashers beat Wild 3–2 in a shootout on March 7, 2008.

MIN – ATL
39–26
Shots on goal
2/6–1/4
Power play
2–10
Hits
12–10
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐦 ATL
Ilya Kovalchuk
1 G, 1 A
7 shots · 22:51 TOI
2nd star 🌲 MIN
Brent Burns
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 27:46 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Johan Hedberg
37 saves
0.949 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🌲 Brian Rolston PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:47
Assists: Brent Burns, Marian Gaborik · beat Johan Hedberg
1–0
3rd period
🐦 Colby Armstrong PP Tying 3rd · 14:30
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Niklas Backstrom
1–1
🌲 Brent Burns PP Go-ahead 3rd · 17:38
Assists: Brian Rolston, Pierre-Marc Bouchard · beat Johan Hedberg
2–1
🐦 Ilya Kovalchuk Tying 3rd · 19:15
Assists: Toby Enstrom · beat Niklas Backstrom
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌲Wild
L1 Koivu · Gaborik · Demitra 22:10
L2 Sheppard · Bouchard · Rolston 17:28
L3 Veilleux · Fedoruk · Radivojevic 13:02
L4 Voros · Belanger · Foy 9:26
D1 Burns · Johnsson 26:19
D2 Skoula · Schultz 22:12
D3 Foster · Carney 13:20
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Armstrong · Recchi 21:40
L2 Christensen · Perrin · Little 19:32
L3 Kozlov · Holik · Slater 13:19
L4 Larsen · Boulton · Thorburn 7:42
D1 Enstrom · Havelid 29:34
D2 Exelby · Klee 19:50
D3 McCarthy · Kwiatkowski 11:52

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌲MIN ATL🐦
39 Shots on goal 26
2/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
2 Hits 10
12 Blocked shots 10
5 Takeaways 5
9 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 22
MIN shooting 5.1% (2/39) ATL shooting 11.5% (3/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌲Wild
Niklas Backstrom
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 64:59 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Johan Hedberg
37/39
.949 SV% · 2 GA · 64:32 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 17-2-1 (85% win rate, 20 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 6-11-1 (33% win rate, 18 games)
After 2nd — 1–0
Wild
Wild — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 12-0-1 (92% win rate, 13 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-5-2 (42% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Thrashers lead the season series 1–0
Jan 22007 🐦ATL @ 🌲MIN 1–5 Oct 302003 🐦ATL @ 🌲MIN 2–3 Mar 92003 🌲MIN @ 🐦ATL 6–4 Mar 272002 🌲MIN @ 🐦ATL 4–2 Nov 132001 🐦ATL @ 🌲MIN 2–4
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Who won Wild vs Thrashers on March 7, 2008?

Thrashers won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Wild 2, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Wild?

Brent Burns, Brian Rolston.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Colby Armstrong, Ilya Kovalchuk.

How did the Wild goalie play?

Niklas Backstrom made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Johan Hedberg made 37 saves on 39 shots (.949 save percentage).

What is the Wild vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌲 Wild
BeforeMar 6 🌲MIN @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 AfterMar 9 🦈SJS @ 🌲MIN 3–2
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 5 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 6–3 AfterMar 8 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 2–3
Also on March 7
⚡TBL 1–2 😈NJD 🛢️EDM 2–1 🧥CBJ 🦈SJS 3–2 🪶CHI 🐯NSH 2–1 🔥CGY
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